Small quantity prototype PC boards are often assembled “one up.” This means that a single board is put into the surface mount pick and place machine. Each board in the set for the job i
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Wave Soldering
With surface mount parts being so thoroughly entrenched, one might think that through-hole parts (sometimes written as thru-hole) and through-hole soldering are no longer much of a part of the manu
PCB Assembly Services at Screaming Circuits
Screaming Circuits offers several PCB assembly service offerings for quick-turn prototype and on-demand electronics manufacturing. We build as few as one for one-off prototype and special project n
Solder Mask of Many Colors
It wasn’t that long ago when solder mask was something to be used and not seen. It had a utilitarian purpose, which was to protect the metal from oxidation and control the deposition of solde
Creating a Good Parts Kit
We’re seeing more and more of our PCB assembly jobs come in as kitted orders. In the past, it was often more convenient to buy all new parts for an assembly job and ignore the spare cut strip
Prototype PCB Assembly
Screaming Circuits got its start back in 2003 with the intent of making prototype PCB assembly much easier, faster and available on the Internet. The world of electronics was a lot different back t
QFN Footprints to prevent Float
The QFN (quad flat pack, no leads) package has long been the staple of the small PC board. In fact, with the wafer scale BGA, it’s one of the more common packages for new chip designs and is
Electronics Manufacturing Options
Electronics manufacturing can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, and that can make the vendor evaluation process a bit daunting when you just want a couple of PC boards built, or if you’
Where in the Schematic do you put your Capacitors?
Where do you put your bypass capacitors? I’m not asking about where to put them in the PCB layout. On the finished PC board, bypass capacitors need to be strategically located as per the chip
The Anxiety of the Last “save”
I’ve been designing electronics since the days when PCB layout was often done by hand with black tape and etch resist pen. And I don’t create particularly complicated designs, but I hav